A lot of work goes into designing them. Steering wheels are not the same as they were even a decade ago. Automakers like Audi continue to innovate on this front, culminating in the new steering wheel that will appear in the 2022 Q4 e-tron and 2022 Q4 Sportback e-tron. Pictured below alongside its predecessors from 1986 and 1996, the Q4's new steering wheel is Audi's most advanced yet, with gloss-black backlit touchscreens. Much like the wheel on the Volkswagen ID.4 or Mercedes-Benz E-Class, the Q4's wheel features small bumps to divide the controls, while a combination of haptic feedback with a mechanical click give drivers an improved sense of feel.